English Words: J
4,872 words · Page 63 of 98
A village in northeast Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland. It is known because the distance between it and Land's End is geographically the longest distance between any two points on the mainland of Great Britain (OS grid ref ND3872).
A police-run program in which men arrested for soliciting prostitutes agree to attend lectures from former prostitutes as an alternative to paying a fine or spending time in jail.
A New Testament prophet who baptized Jesus and was subsequently executed by Herod Antipas.
The root of Ipomoea purga, to which magical powers are ascribed in African-American folklore and hoodoo.
a flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off
A chronic, contagious and often fatal disease of cattle, sheep and goats, caused by the intestinal bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes of the gastrointestinal tract
A preparation made from Mycobacterium paratuberculosis used as an allergen in cases of paratuberculosis (Johne's disease).
A triclinic-pinacoidal yellow brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
The ship of characters John Watson and Sherlock Holmes from the television series Sherlock.
A person, usually a male, who is generous, nurturing, and dedicated to positivity and helping others.
An American Midwestern pasta dish made with noodles, cheese, ground beef or Italian sausage, and a tomato sauce that may include aromatic vegetables and mushrooms.
Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, particularly a Confederate soldier.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter J contains 4,872 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 98 pages, and you are currently viewing page 63. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "J" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.